photo by Edwin Folven

The Los Angeles Fire Department quickly extinguished a fire in a vacant home in Hollywood on May 5. The blaze was reported at approximately 1:40 p.m. at a residence at 1426 N. Sycamore Ave., just south of Sunset Boulevard. Firefighters found flames and smoke toward the rear of the structure and contained them to a single room. Nobody was inside the residence and no injuries were reported. The fire was extinguished in 17 minutes and incident is under investigation.